Ben-Zion Tomer |
| Ben-Zion Tomer (1928 - 1998, b. Poland) wasforced to flee to Siberia in the Soviet Union with his family during World War II. He immigrated to Eretz Israel at the age of fifteen, via Iran. During the War of Independence he fought with the Palmach and was captured by the Jordanians. Following his return to Israel, he studied Philosophy and Literature at the Hebrew University. For years the editor of the literary magazine Masa, he also taught literature at various kibbutz and teachers colleges. From 1966 to 1968 he served as Israel`s cultural attaché in Brazil, and from 1969 to 1977 he was an advisor to the Ministry of Culture and Education. Best known as a playwright, Tomer was also a poet, novelist and translator from Russian and Polish. His work has been translated into several languages, and his play, Children of the Shadows, was performed in the US and Canada. photo © Dina Guna |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| River Returning (poetry), Machbarot Lesifrut, 1959 [Nahar Hozer] |
| Children of the Shadows (play), Amikam, 1963 [Yaldei Ha-Tzel] |
| On the Equator (poetry), Ekked, 1969 [Al Kav Ha-Mashveh] |
| Via Salt (prose), Tarmil, 1978 [Derech Ha-Melach] |
Books in Translation |
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Children of the Shadows English: Jerusalem, World Zionist Organization, 1970; Tel Aviv, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, 1982 French: Tel Aviv, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, 1985 Spanish: Jerusalem, Organizacion Sionista Mundial, 1972 German: Munich, Stueckgut Theater Verlag, 1986 |
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